Category: Nature
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Josephine Fitzgerald learning to swim – with alligators
Read Irish Examiner As a way of learning to swim, diving head-first into water has its merits. But when there are two hungry alligators awaiting your arrival, it could well have a downside. Yet later today, 58-year-old Josephine Fitzgerald from Callan, Co Kilkenny, will learn the hard way whether the swimming lessons she has taken…
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Texas firefighters rescue escaped bull from swimming pool
A team of firefighters have rescued a bull from a swimming pool in Texas after it escaped from a local ranch. The bull wandered into the back garden of a residential home in San Antonio and fell backwards into a covered swimming pool. Members of the San Antonio Fire Department and Animal Control were on…
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Lost Orca calf cries for mommy in Norway
As you can read in English for instance here on seattlepi.com, a young orca has been separated from its family and faces an uncertain future in the Norwegian fjord of Ålsvåg. Norwegian media site VesterÅlen Online has the story, and the heart-wrenching video when the tiny and seemingly battered calf cries for mommy.
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Manatee Trip – Homosassa Springs, Florida
Early morning manatee trip in Homosassa Springs. Only 41 degrees with over 40 manatees keeping warm in the clear spring water. Manatee Trip – Homosassa Springs, Florida from Rick Spratt on Vimeo.
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Capture Underwater Photos Like a Pro
Read Outside For most people though, the GoPro will be the camera of choice. It’s versatile and relatively inexpensive. But make sure you think about how to mount the camera before taking it on an underwater trip. Snorkelers should avoid chest, wrist and mask mounts because they’re difficult to aim. My wrist mount captured great…
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Divers explore the caves under Weeki Wachee
See WTSP For more than 60-years tourists have been flocking to Weeki Wachee to see the park’s world famous mermaids. Yet, Weeki Wachee would never be if not for its first magnitude spring. At times, more than 200-cubic-feet of fresh water per second rushes up from deep underground. The mermaids call it their fountain of…
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Giant Isopod “NO.1” died today, 1869 days after his last meal
See the notice from Toba Aquarium World famous giant isopod “NO.1” died today, five years and 43 days after having his last meal, a horse mackerel that he devoured on 2 January 2009. That is 18 days before President Obama began his first term. “No.1” has now been dissected and his stomach content checked, but…
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Octopus wrestles with underwater cameraman in California
See BBC Two divers have had an unexpected encounter in California after an octopus tried to wrestle their camera from them. David Malvestuto and his diving partner Warren Murray were recording footage of marine life in Bluefish Cove off the town of Carmel. Mr Murray described what happened when they came face-to-face with the camera-shy…
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Japanese widower learns to dive in bid to find remains of wife lost in 2011 tsunami
Read Mainichi On March 11, 2011, Yasuo Takamatsu lost his wife Yuko to the tsunami. Almost three years later, he remains determined to find her, getting his diving license and planning to scour the Tohoku seaboard for her remains. “I will find my wife on my own power. I will bring her home,” says Takamatsu,…